To Be or Not to Be, That Always Confused Me

Hello World, it's me again. Once again using blog to spill my heart, to write down thoughts, and to add to the craziness that is the internet. Going green, wasting time, call it what you want, I just get cramps in my hand from writing on paper so much. So how are you doing World?

There are so many things floating around my head and heart right now. I have adopted two teenagers in the past few months, I have become more involved with my Church and small group, and Harm and I will soon be teachers God willing in the next few years. As much as I have going on, it seems that I wouldn't be bored. But occasionally I am. I tend in those moments to redirect my heart to the Cross. The filthy Roman cross. The Old Rugged Cross. I often wonder if Jesus was ever bored with life at any point. Did anyone ever let him be bored? Nah. He had to get on a boat just to get away from crowds and hustle and bustle. Even then his poor deciples were like "Yo Jesus, there's like a storm out here, what are we going to do?" And in his Jesus manner would get up without hesitation and take care of the problem. I think it was a good thing that he appointed the Apostles because if not, his ministry, Christianity, would cease to exist. Though we know that God had a plan in the works anyway, but you know what I am saying. I think that we all, Christian or non Christian should take time out of every day to get away from everything that causes stress. This recharge is a great release. I like to take the 30 minutes I get for lunch and just sit in my car and rest, pray, and restore my heart for the rest of the day. It really works.

So, my heart in this manner is where is the Power that the Church should be walking in? Paul wrote about the unbelievable power that we have in Christ, those who are His. I have been meditating on Romans 12 and I have had so many confirmations in the last few days about this scripture. Paul calls us to be living sacrifices in our daily lives. We think, in Church culture, that to be more means to be a pastor/elder/head up a ministry, but I think we are missing the point. All through the Bible, we are told that the First will be Last and vice versa. So my point is, we should be seeking to do the things that no one else wants to do, or do things that we wouldn't want others to have to do. I heard this last night from the Village Church in Texas. It all makes since to me. Why do some Pastors/leaders fail? Because they are looked at as the go to guy, or gal. If they don't have a strong support system, someone to do the things that they shouldn't have to do, they are going to break at a certain poingt. This goes for Government, buisness, home, everything. It is easy to look to someone for answers, but if they teach you and I how to solve the problem, then everything would be self sustaining. If the Church would function as the Church, we could have extraordinary power. So, at your buisness, your Church, your home, your political rally, lets all be the hands and feet to solve problems and BE the Solution. If not, then someone will probably Blog about it!!!